Alexandria and The Septuagint

Many Jews moved to Alexandria because there are many business opportunities there. The Jews wanted to do business with the Greek people as well as other Jews. To do business with the Greek people they had to be able to speak Greek because most people in Alexandria spoke Greek. They also had to dress professionally in Greek clothes for people to take them seriously as business men. The Jews in Alexandria began to become very Hellenised, they were wealthy and had a huge gold temple, however the temple was Greek architecture. Furthermore, they did not speak Hebrew, so when they went to shul someone had to wave a flag to show when they have to say amen. As well as that, because they did not speak Hebrew they could not read the Torah, so they had the Hebrew Torah translated into Greek so they could understand it. This is the beginning of them losing their Jewish identities, if they do not speak Hebrew and only speak Greek they will become more Hellenised, then they will continue to gain more and more aspects of Greek culture until they become entirely Greek.